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<div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2012, high school sweethearts and now married couple Devan and Morgan Kline led a group of women through a boot camp workout in a parking lot in Huntersville, North Carolina, with little expectations.</div>

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<div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without being able to afford a gym, the couple figured this was better than nothing. Six years later, the company has 187+ open locations and&nbsp;<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">165 more locations in development in 35 states.</span></div>

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<div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color:rgb(252, 252, 252); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">&ldquo;One thing I think gyms in America are lacking is a community element,&rdquo; said Devan to Forbes, who describes the average big box gym as a sterile place where a collection of &ldquo;meatheads&rdquo; ogle women. &ldquo;I wanted to make something that people could walk into and not feel judged.&rdquo;</span></div>

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<div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color:rgb(252, 252, 252); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">Now, <a href="https://franchise.burnbootcamp.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=forbes-how-burn-boot-camp-is-building-a-fitness-culture-on-the-backs-of-women-2709292" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burn Boot Camp is inspiring women at its locations</a> that build supportive communities to empower them, and the Klines have no intention of slowing down.</span></div>

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<div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">The company has not only grown a fanatical member following, but it has received franchise industry recognition, as well. Last </span><span style="background-color:rgb(252, 252, 252); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">February, Burn Boot Camp was the runner-up in the International Franchise Association&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.franchise.org/ifa-foundation-announces-grand-prize-winners-of-2018-nextgen-in-franchising-global-competition?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=forbes-how-burn-boot-camp-is-building-a-fitness-culture-on-the-backs-of-women-2709292" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NextGen competition</a></span><span style="background-color:rgb(252, 252, 252); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">, a contest with 900 franchise start-ups from across the world that included Shark Tank star Daymond John on the panel of judges.&nbsp;</span></div>

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<div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color:rgb(252, 252, 252); color:rgb(51, 51, 51)">Read more&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2018/12/21/how-burn-boot-camp-is-building-a-fitness-culture-on-the-backs-of-women/%23534ad4ca276c&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1551391174169000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHy6ThON65CuPi2yCzKD4s1k53PCQ" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2018/12/21/how-burn-boot-camp-is-building-a-fitness-culture-on-the-backs-of-women/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=forbes-how-burn-boot-camp-is-building-a-fitness-culture-on-the-backs-of-women-2709292#534ad4ca276c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>

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